Ventrolateral medullary respiratory network and a model of cough motor pattern generation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2020-2035

  Shannon, Roger ^a   Baekey, David M ^a   Morris, Kendall F ^a   Lindsey, Bruce G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Botzinger; Computer modeling; Network simulations; Ventral respiratory group

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERNEURON; LUNG RECEPTOR; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031804380     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.6.2020     Document Type: Article

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